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People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
-- Abigail Van Buren
 

 

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

One perspective

Think beyond your own narrow concerns. There’s a whole big universe out there, much of which you know almost nothing about.

Specific factors drive everything that happens, even if you cannot see most of them. Keep that in mind before assuming and acting as if it’s all about you.

Seek to learn all you can, to understand and experience more each day. At the same time, continue to remain humbled by the enormity of all that’s beyond your comprehension.

Before casting judgment, remember that you probably don’t have all the facts. When acting on assumptions, consider the limited knowledge on which they’re based.

You have one perspective, and it has much value. Yet there are countless others that also have great value.

Move energetically forward based on what you know and on all that matters to you. In so doing, seek to respect what matters to all those around you as well.

— Ralph Marston

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